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ID: 1833
CATNUM: 1966
IsPhotographer: True
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NameFirst: Cosgrove ~B. G.
NameLast: Cosgrove
NameMiddle: G.
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NameUsed: B. G. Cosgrove
NameNewFirst: Bradford
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BirthMonth: 1
BirthDay: 31
BirthYear: 1815
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OriginalBirthCity: Deckertown
OriginalBirthState: NJ
OriginalBirthCounty: Sussex
OriginalBirthNation: USA
DeathMonth: 5
DeathDay: 18
DeathYear: 1875
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OriginalDeathCity: Warsaw
OriginalDeathState: IN
OriginalDeathCounty: Kosciusko
OriginalDeathNation: USA
Parents: John Cosgrove
Children: Anna, Clara, Charles, Alice, Lizzie, Mary, son A. P.
Spouse1Name: Mary Phelps
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Spouse1StartDay: 8
Spouse1StartYear: 1841
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:31 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:31 PM
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ID: 1833
PersonID: 1833
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EducationCareer: in 1835 took instruction in architecture and draughting
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OriginalNotes: 1850 Census, De Kalb Co., Newville Twp. p. 204: 
Bradford G. Cosgrove, age 36, no occupation listed, $600, b. NJ; Mary, age 30, b. Ind; Avuna (female), age 7, Clara, age 3; Charles, age 1 (all children b. Ind.); Abigail Taylor, age 50 b. VT; Melinda Phelps, age 18, b. OH; Ellen Taylor, age 11, b. Ind.
1860 Census, Kosiusko Co., Wayne Twp., p. 353, age 45, b. NJ, carpenter, RP $2500, PP $200; Mary Cosgrove, age 38, b. IN; children all born IN: Anna, 17; Clara, 13; Charles 10; Alice, 8; Lizzie, 6; Mary, 4

Northern Indianian, 17 Jan. 1856, p. 3 Mr. B. G. Cosgrove, Architect & Builder has permanently located in Warsaw. Persons wanting plans or specs for houses, public buildings, cottages & c. would do well to give him a call. Also #1 carpenter & joiner. Terms reasonable, see his ad [shop one door south of the Big Brick.]

1858-59 Indiana State Gazetteer & Business Directory, p. 393, B. G. Cosgrove, carpenter & builder, Warsaw
Kosciusko County Atlas (1879), p. 57: write-up on Bradford G. Cosgrove by Col. J. B. Dodge: birth and death dates and places; father was a carpenter; 
1815 - Born in Deckertown NJ [later named Sussex, in Sussex County]
1817 - family moved to New Carlisle, Clark Co., Ohio; lived there until age 16
1831-34 - learned trade of carriage building in Dayton OH
1834-36 - went with father's family to South Bend, engaged in his trade (carriage?)
1835-37 - went to Cincinnati to take instructions in architecture and draughting; fell from a 2nd story scaffold and had injuries from which he never fully recovered (stayed about 2 yrs.)
1838-43 - returned to South Bend and engaged with brother William in carpenter trade 
1841 - married Miss Mary Phelps of Souh Bend; in 1879 they had 5 children living, including A. P. of Warsaw who who served in Co. D, 44th IN vol. Inf.
1843-45 - took contract to build Kosciusko Co. Court House. His health had almost entirely failed at this time so that he was obliged to go into some other business
1847-51 - Moved to Newville, DeKalb Co.; went into merchantile business
1851 - sold out stock of goods and moved to Auburn; took contract for building jail
1853 -1875 Lived in Warsaw; followed business of architect and builder. Built: Cosgrove Block; Indiananian Bldg.; Centre School in Warsaw; Pierceton and North Manchester schools; member of Kos. Co. Lodge No. 62; Hackleman Encampment No. 37; IOOF; Warsaw Lodge No. 73, Free & Accepted Masons; no religious affiliation.
1864-68 County Recorder for 4 years
1875 - May 18 died very suddenly

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Pioneer Painters of Indiana, Peat, p. 228, portrait painter, Ft. Wayne, ca. 1850;  Ref: Hist. of the Maumee River Basin, Slocum & Robertson
Indiana Marriage Records, married in St. Joseph Co.
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OriginalProcesses: daguerreotype
OriginalFormats: cased
OriginalOccupation: architect & builder, artist
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:31 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 5:46:31 PM
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Raw Data - E_Location, E_Studio

PersonID: 1833
CATNUM: 1966
NameFirst: Cosgrove ~B. G.
NameLast: Cosgrove
LocationID: 478
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City: Fort Wayne
State: IN
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CreatedDate: 10/30/2021 5:50:27 PM
CreatedBy: sa
LastModifiedDate: 10/30/2021 6:07:12 PM
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County: Allen
Country: USA
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NameNewFirst: Bradford
KnownDates: 1840s or 1850s
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OriginalSource: The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Ind., B. G. Griswold, 1917, p. 370: "Early daguerreotype artists included B. G. Cosgrove" 
[by 1856 Cosgrove was architect in Warsaw, see biographical entry]

Fort Wayne Sentinel, June 13, 1914 [page illegible]
excerpts from "A Pictorial History of Fort Wayne" by B. J. Griswold
Activities of 1845: B. G. Cosgrove opened a daguerreotype studio
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